Sonic Superstars - All Achievements Guide

Do YOU want to 100% Sonic Superstars by getting all the Achievements? Well, this should (hopefully) make it just slightly easier to obtain!

Welcome to the Guide!

Hi! Since the game has just come out, I may not have all the time in the world to keep this guide updated. The guide should be completed now! I kinda forgot about the Guide for a month or so haha, but I've added some small tips at the end of the Guide to help with those tricky final fights. Please feel free to comment and leave suggestions and feedback, or maybe some additional info I missed! Anything to help make the guide be more helpful for readers and players.

Zone Clear Achievements

You'll get these as you go through the game. I believe you have to do the optional character specific Acts for it to count, so if you're missing one, that may be why! Also, if you don't want to know the zone order, then don't look at this section!


BRIDGE ISLAND Completed
Cleared all of BRIDGE ISLAND.


SPEED JUNGLE Completed
Cleared all of SPEED JUNGLE.


SKY TEMPLE Completed
Cleared all of SKY TEMPLE.


PINBALL CARNIVAL Completed
Cleared all of PINBALL CARNIVAL.


LAGOON CITY Completed
Cleared all of LAGOON CITY.


SAND SANCTUARY Completed
Cleared all of SAND SANCTUARY.


PRESS FACTORY Completed
Cleared all of PRESS FACTORY.


GOLDEN CAPITAL Completed
Cleared all of GOLDEN CAPITAL.


CYBER STATION Completed
Cleared all of CYBER STATION.


FROZEN BASE Completed
Cleared all of FROZEN BASE.


EGG FORTRESS Completed
Cleared all of EGG FORTRESS.

If you need some help with beating the Final Boss, go to the final Section of this Guide, which contains some small tips!

Emerald Power Achievements

Much like the Zone Clear Achievements, you get these as you collect the Seven Chaos Emeralds, and use their powers, accordingly. Pretty straight forward. These achievements should be in the order you obtain the Emeralds.


Charge!
Used the Blue Emerald power "Avatar".


Fire!
Used the Red Emerald power "Bullet".


All-seeing
Used the Purple Emerald power "Vision".


Flow Like Water
Used the Light Blue Emerald power "Water".


Vine Climb
Used the Green Emerald power "Ivy".


The Gentle Flow of Time
Used the Yellow Emerald power "Slow".


Distinctive Flair
Used the White Emerald power "Extra".


Supercharged
Turned Super using the 7 Chaos Emeralds.

Just remember you need at least 50 Rings to activate your Super form. That's it, really.

Miscellaneous Achievements

Time to get into the weird stuff. This is likely where you might start to find some you don't have, so watch out!


Whirligig World
Cleared 1 Bonus Stage.

Once you reach a checkpoint with 50 rings or more, go into the portal above the checkpoint and clear the Bonus Stage by collecting at least one Medal. Pretty simple.


Fruity Frontier
Cleared an ACT "Fruit".

Hidden in the stages are Fruits you can collect, and you can also obtain one in any Act with an animal Capsule as it's goal. With these Fruits, you can access one of three "Act Fruit" levels, located on Bridge Island, Pinball Carnival and Press Factory. Do any one of these, clear it, and the achievement is yours.


Buddy Bond
Cleared a Stage with a friend.

Beat any Act in the game with more than one player. You may need a spare controller for this one, if no one wants to play with you, haha. Currently, you can't have the keyboard and a controller be two seperate players; the first controller automatically replaces any keyboard inputs for the first player. Useful for single-player, not so much for Co-Op, as you'll need two or more controllers.


Ring King
Collected 10,000 Rings.

Self-explanatory. I'd recommend trying out those Act Fruit stages, as they give a ton of Rings, but you should be able to get this just by playing the game normally, or at the very least while going for other achievements.


ACT "Fruit" Aficionado
Collected 600 or more Rings from ACT "Fruit".

Speak of the devil, huh? This one can be kinda tough, and it took me quite a few tries! I would recommend trying out the Act Fruit found in Press Factory Zone as Tails; you can very easily avoid the hazards and just fly around to collect the balloons and 10, 20 and 30 chips, which should give more than enough Rings to make it to 600 - just remember the chest at the end also includes about 50 or so Rings!


Ring Collector
Collected 200 or more Rings when clearing a Stage.

You can't do this achievement on an Act Fruit. You should be able to do this on any Act as long as you play well, but an easy way to do it is waiting until you've got all the Chaos Emeralds and returning to Bridge Island Act 1. The Emerald Powers can help you stay near the top path, where you can collect a bunch of rings, and more importantly, be safe from most Badniks, who are usually along the middle and bottom paths, lowering your chances of getting hit. You should still play carefully, though.


Two Birds, One Stone
Used the Goal Plate to reveal the hidden Item Box.

In any Act with a Goal Plate as it's goal (duh), simply bounce it around. If the Goal Plate hits certain parts of the ground, an item box may appear. There's no real way of knowing where, so just experiment, and you'll get it eventually.


Fruitful Endeavor
Turned Lagoon City's Goal Plate into a pile of fruit.

On Lagoon City Act Amy, get 100 or more fruits before reaching the goal. Be sure to look around the alternate paths if you're a few fruit short - and make sure you reach the threshold before going down into the ending section, as you can't get any more after that.


Zap Scrap Star
Cleared Zap Scrap in Frozen Base without taking damage.

This achievement is referring to Frozen Base Act 2, the shoot 'em up level based on the game Fantasy Zone. Doing the entire act without losing rings should give this achievement.

Grinding Time! + Spoiler Achievements

Hoo boy. It's time for some grindin'! These achievements should be the biggest issue you'll come across when trying to go for 100% in the game. Good luck!


Medal Maestro
Collected 100 Medals from Bonus Stages.

This one is really, really time consuming. I'm going to assume by the achievement description that only Medals earned in the checkpoint Bonus Stages count, NOT the ones earned in Special Stages in which an Emerald has already been collected. I may need more info to clear that up, though. In terms of the Bonus Stages, you can earn 3 medals in every Stage if you don't fail them, or, alternatively, 4 if you happen to do them while also collecting 100 Rings within them; Perfect Bonus is optional. Just do as many Bonus Stages as you possibly can, and stop at every Checkpoint if you have the chance to, and don't feel bad if you can only obtain 1 or 2 medals; that's still progress!


Heroic Blue Blur
Used Sonic's Drop Dash to defeat 100 enemies.

The easiest place I found to do this was in Lagoon City Act 1. There's plenty of badniks around you can Drop Dash into, sure, but the main thing is at the boss of this Act. After you hit the boss once, it'll start spawning a bunch of enemies, maybe about 15 or so every time. As long as you never hit the boss again, it'll keep spawning these enemies, and you can just drop dash into them. Which is not only satisfying, but also ensures you get a bunch of kills for this achievement, and you should get it in no time. This achievement cannot be obtained if you're using the Rabbit skin.


Aerial Takedown Artist
Used Tails' aerial attack to defeat 100 enemies.

The best way to do this achievement is to wait until you have all the Chaos Emeralds, as Super Tails can fly into any and every enemy without risk of getting hurt, making this achievement a breeze. A good spot to try might be Egg Fortress Act 2 with the ant badniks, as well.


Crimson Guardian
Used Knuckles' glide to defeat 100 enemies.

You'll get this eventually if you just play as Knuckles for a while. The Lagoon City Act 1 Boss strat used for Sonic works as well, although you may skid on the ground a bit.


Tenderhearted Hammer-wielder
Used Amy's Hammer to defeat 100 enemies.

You can either jump into enemies with Amy's hammer out, or use her Hammer attack on the ground. There's plenty of badniks you can destroy throughout the game to help you do this; but once again if you're having trouble, you're able to use the Lagoon City Act 1 Boss to get this semi-easily.


All in a Day's Work
Defeated 1,000 enemies.

This isn't actually as grindy as it sounds, you should be able to get this without issue if you're already going for the other Enemy-based achievements. If you're still missing enemies, then going once again, back to the Lagoon City Act 1 boss should get you there in no time.


Gold Enemy Hunter
Defeated the gold enemies in all Stages.

Every single Act (with the exceptions of the Act Fruit(s) and Frozen Base Act 2) has a Golden Badnik that you need to find and destroy. You can know if you've gotten one in an Act, as the icon of the Golden Badnik will appear on the bottom right of the little card that appears before you enter a level. As you might imagine, this means you need to explore nearly every nook and cranny of each Stage to find each one. Not only that, but you need to complete the Act after destroying it on the same life that you did so, meaning you need to complete it without dying. Otherwise, the Golden Badnik for that Act won't be saved. This includes Egg Fortress Act 2, and it's boss.
If you have trouble finding them, below are some Location Guides by YouTube user TurtlePM, these are very helpful!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgQ24_3e-kM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtuJIr6zW54
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmHrAJwlkLE

Spoilers!

Prickly Protector
Used Trip's double jump to defeat 100 enemies.

Oh boy. Just what I needed. Yet another Enemy-based achievement. Thankfully, you have plenty of time to do this throughout Trip's Story, so you should be able to do this pretty comfortably, as long as you go out of your way to do it for a few zones. As long as Trip is in her Double Jump animation, it should count, so keep the button held.


Trip's Courage
Cleared Trip's Story.

After clearing the main Story Mode, you'll unlock Trip's Story. It basically serves as a Hard Mode for the game, where you play as Trip, only the stages have a few more of the occasional hazards and enemies, and bosses have more hit points.
While most of it shouldn't be too bad, Trip's Story contains a brand new final boss, and it is extremely difficult, possibly the hardest boss in the game, as it took me a few hours to beat. Check the next category for info on how to beat him.


Victory Fanfare
Defeated the true boss.

After clearing Trip's Story, you'll unlock the Final Story, housing the true final boss using Super Sonic. Check the next category for info on how to beat him.

Tips for Final Bosses (Spoilers)

While there's plenty of online guides out there, I figured pitching in some of my own tips would help this feel more like a Completionist's Guide, as some of the Final battles can be pretty tough! Prepare for a rumble, as this won't be easy; but here's some things that can hopefully help make them a little less challenging:

Eggman (Story Mode)

- First of all, remember that your Emerald Powers refresh between the two Phases. Use this to your advantage, specifically Avatar, Bullet and Slow, as they can be very useful for certain attacks.
- For the attack where Eggman shoots out red and blue missiles, make sure to go behind him and watch the direction and order of the missiles. The closer the blue missiles are to the bottom, the closer they'll be to your character. If you hit a blue missile while you're in front of him, he'll just deflect it without taking any damage.
- If he holds one of his hands out above you in Phase 1, keep running. You're fast enough to outrun the ground crumbling down, but be careful of the energy spheres he shoots out. If he holds out both of them, Spin Dash to gain enough speed. You can use Slow to make it a lot easier if need be.
- In Phase 2, Avatar will always hit Eggman at least once or twice. So if you need some easy hits in, go right on ahead.
- If in Phase 2, your character begins to float and energy spheres begin spawning, use this opportunity to go above Eggman's head for an easy hit. Once you stop floating, your character will hit Eggman and go back to the platform.
- If he starts spinning his arms around, keep your speed up and try not to let any of the platforms slow you down. I'd recommend using Avatar or Bullet for this attack, as you can use them to attack Eggman, ending the attack early.

Fang (Trip's Story)

- Thankfully, the Emerald Powers refreshing between Phases carries over to this fight as well.
- While the pink lasers he shoots in Phase 1 are insta-kills, you have a few options to survive this attack. Firstly, it has two variations, if he's using the easier one with only 3 lasers, you can time a roll under him to hit him from behind. If he's using the harder variant, you can use Bullet to go over him and do the same. You can also stay at a certain distance so the lasers go above you, but you need to be very careful if you do this. You can use Slow to help out, and figure out the correct positioning.
- The attack where he spawns clones of himself and hits the ground in Phase 1 can be a good chance to get a hit in if you're quick. Be watchful of which of them is the real one, so you can spin dash and/or jump toward his side for a hit; but be careful to not get hit yourself, as it's very easy to do. Using Slow here can be pretty useful to ensure you can hit Fang safely.
- The attack where he spawns a ton of badniks in Phase 2 works the same as Eggman's missile attack - hit them back at him, but only from behind.
- If he does his net attack in Phase 2, go really slow. Not only can you easily dodge the nets once they've spawned in by just jumping and avoiding them, but the bullets are... super easy to dodge with just a simple step forward or a jump. Going slow also has the advantage of you're likely not going to reach the other side where all the nets are if he's shooting at you, where if you were to go quickly you'd likely complete a full circle, reaching the nets, making your life way harder.
- Speaking of those nets, if you happen to get caught by one, you have just barely enough time to spam all of your button inputs and free yourself. This should only come as a last resort, though, so don't depend on it!
- The attack where he slams his face onto the ground to destroy it catches most players off guard. If the camera at any point stops scrolling, it means he's about to do this attack, so be very careful to not stand anywhere near the far left, far right, or dead center. You can also get a free hit in if you're careful and don't fall.

Black Dragon (Final Story)

- The fight is really strict when it comes to your Rings, so try to conserve them as best you can, and never, ever use the Dash Attack unless absolutely necessary, as it uses up 5 of your Rings every time.
- Tails and Knuckles may occasionally fly by and leave a trail of Rings, and give a small bundle of them if you get close to them, as well.
- Amy and Trip will also appear to give multiple Ring Boxes if you happen to not take any knockback or damage for about a minute - these include the Blue meteors in the first phase that do damage to the boss, so try your best not to get hit by anything.
- On his Black Hole attack that he uses in Phase 1, an easy way to dodge it is to go above the first one, and then go down and stay at the bottom of the screen until you reach him and hit him. Any black holes he may spawn likely won't reach you if you do it this way, as I was able to hit him consistently doing this. If one happens to, though, you can use the Dash to get out of it, but be careful with your Rings.
- You can't, however, do the same for his fireball attack in Phase 2. Just dodge up and down, up and down, and repeat until you reach him. You should be fine as long as you keep up good rhythm.
- In Phase 2, he'll begin teleporting his hands near you and trying to hit you with them. Granted you don't get hit yourself, the hand stays in place for a short second once it's finished, so if you're quick enough you can hit the hand and get a free hit in on the boss. Remember what I said about Amy and Trip though, so don't get too close until the attack is finished.
- His final attack is a test of patience, where Rings for the most part won't spawn, meaning you need to have a decent amount of them to survive. He begins by throwing meteors at you with a Homing Attack indicator that you need to time your button presses correctly on. After the meteors, he'll fire a laser that you can easily dodge, and then one last Homing Attack indicator will pop up to finish the battle.

Thanks for Reading!

This was my first Guide on Steam ever, so thanks for reading, everyone! Happy achievement hunting.

[Mister Magician]

Did over 20 runs of press factory act fruit, got 600 usually, lowest was 500 for all the runs.

FRUIT STAGES DO NOT COUNT!

[Mister Magician]

Got Prickly Protector to pop after 7 solid hours of grinding, but must have collected 20000 rings in golden zone act 1 and still not popping the 10000 ring achievement.

[Mister Magician]

Prickly Protector won't work for me either. Must have been grinding it out for 3+ hours today.

[Kbooki]

The Prickly Protector Achievement is borked. I read somewhere that maybe it was upped from 100 enemies to 1000, but even after defeating well over 1000, with the double jump, in Trip's story... it still won't grant me the achievement.

[AortaPlatinum]

THAT'S Zap Scrap Star?? That may be the most poorly phrased achievement in Sonic since Nights of Kronos. Fuck me for thinking that meant the actual multiplayer minigame named Zap Scrap, naw naw of COURSE it's the Fantasy Zone second act of Frozen Base what am I FUCKIN STUPID??

[Director Bison]

If you want to make that Tails aerial attack achievement fast you can access the training level by pressing (X) or the E key on the world map, there are 5 Eggman heads you can destroy that count as enemies, and you can just replay that repeatedly.

[Denizens of the Rose Garden]

Final boss tips!

Eggman's phase 2: if you're lucky and the ground gives you a wall to hide behind during the anti-gravity segments, hide behind it and don't move until the attack is done, staying as close to it and the ground as you can. You will usually avoid it by doing this.

Fang phase 1: It's rather easy to simply walk under the lasers if you wait and walk slowly, however be careful in case their collision gets a bit wonky and they go through the arena.

Fang phase 2: There's a missile attack similar to Eggman's, but you have to wait until they land and split into two. The only ones you can hit back at him are the green ones. I also want to add that it is possible to escape Fang's nets if you mash the jump buttons (A and B if you're using ax Xbox controller) fast enough , but this is something I managed to do only once or twice--it is incredibly difficult, but it saves you a redo if you can somehow pull it off.[/spoiler]

[CrazyChan4080]

A lot of Sonic games with achievements like this work like that, Sonic Lost World and Forces for example work the same way, so I'm not surprised to learn it works the same way here.

[Foxer]

Important note about Ring King - it only counts rings that you have at the end of a stage towards the achievement. This of course means Fruit Acts are by far the best way to grind for it, but if you're burning through your fruits wondering why it hasn't procced yet, this is probably why.

[pikasome25]

I need someone to help me with the Buddy Bond achivement. The one that requires 2 players